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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


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conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


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dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
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la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


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shall  contain  the  symbol  — »-  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


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dernidre  image  de  cheque  nicrofiiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — »-  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


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different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
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right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
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de  Tangle  sup^rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  ndcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
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All  Reafonahle  Americans, 

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POLiriCAL  CONFUSIONS: 


Carefully  abric'ged  from 
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All  rcafo;jaif le  AMEKicAtiSy  &c 


Friends,  Couritrymm.  and  Ft'llow-Subjc^s  ! 

THE  }"r:iir,p  of  the  Englilh  government,  for  the  admira- 
ble wifdoni  of  its  Ihurturc,  has  always  been  the  won- 
der of  the  world  ;  and  under  it*  proltCtioii  and  mild 
inflaenrs,  the  fubjorU  of  Great-Briciin  arc  the  hippietl  people 
on  earth.  Bui  of  all  the  fubjetts  of  Gieat-Britaiii,  thofe  who 
refide  in  th^:  .Vmcrican  Colonies  have  been,  and  wore  they  f^n- 
fible  of  thtir  cwu  advaiita^res,  might  Ihli  be,  by  far  the  happi- 

»  As  this  puWIcitlon  Is  liitended  to  be  m.Tfly  an  Abrid<,ment  of  the 
FnirNPi  T  Aiii.iT  ii,  wlilcli  ..V.15  (>eni,-!,  jrid  nciily  piinled,  beioie  t'le  pio- 
cer.llngi  of  the  Conorf, s'  were  publitheJ  ;  it  would  be  futritin  trom  this  in- 
tent;..n,  to  tikr  more  p4rti.ul,u  Notice  of  their  coniiiia.  H  mrvcr,  the  gene, 
ral  ol.le, vaHnns  which  Jir  hr„-  pref.-nte.l  to  the  rr.ider.  will  enable  him,  it  h 
wjnis  any  allUlJacc,  to  foim  a  i-iuiier  judgment  of  lUcir  isuly  inttOiorable  pio 


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Llingplcntv-enjoying   the  ben.hts  of  an  cqu.tablc  and  free 
conltitunon-'-  f-cu  cd  bv  tlie  protectton  and  patronage  of  the 
Ire  teT^iu^^^^^^^      i"   the  world- .,nd  contributing    m 
Ca     m       p  opo?non,  to  the  fupport  .f  the  necefTa.v  p.bac 
cxpcnces.     IJndcr  thele  advantages,   the  colonics  have  luthe>  to 
flourUhed  beyond  example.     '1  Wy  have  become  populous    both 
by  natural  increaie,  and  th.  yearly  i.flux  of  -^-7"^"' ;^^' ,'^'/^ 
indica-ion^-  of  a  harpv  country  ;  and  ihey  have  become  rich,  by 
pra  tk  nj    a^  their'^eafe,  the  pea.ef  1  arts  of  agr|ulture  and 
F,  nin  e  cl      And  were  they  .0  purlue  the  fame  pat'R  which  has 
;.;;:^htthem  thus  far.  there  is  no  doubt  but  ^j;-'^^^^ 
to.lour.lh  andprofper  in  the  fame  proportion,  till,  m   pro  eij 
of  "re,  they  would  excite  either  the  admiration  or  envy  of  the 

"'^llt'ri^^d^S'^.nt  pro(p.cf.  a.  thi.  time^  pyefbnts  itfelf  to 
vlev  .  The  d-.rknels  of  a  nfing  trmpell  ,.  bepnnmg  to  ove  - 
w'l  1  orr  land.  1  !.e  thunder  roars  at  a  diftance,  and  appears 
to  be  fwi  t  nnproachng.  It  is  high  time  theietore  to  avvaben 
Sethouuhtlcfs  to  a  fc„fe  of  their  danger,  and  to  think  of  pro- 
liding  lor  our  co^nmon  faitty,  ♦u^^.Tn 

There  is,  there  can  be.  but  one  one  way  to  prevent  th.  rum 
that  tlueaten.  us.  Our  own  miRonduct  has  brought  U  torward ; 
S  ou  innneJiate  reform-.tion  nv.rt  Hop  its  progrefs^  Fte  ml 
b  blind,  that  is  not  convinced  of  this;  and  he  muft  be  intatu- 
ated,  "hit  will  purfue  the  road,  which  evidently  terminates  m 

'"^^h 'l^^.;SSiSrJ^;natnent  has  been  right  or  w^ong  inits 
late  I'roceeiings,  rouartu  the  Coh  nies ;  our  cvn  behaviour  1  as 
Uth Mvh  is  e^iy  government  mall  and  will  think  intulerablo. 
he  upr  mepo.ve.of  ar.y  kingdoni  .  r  flate,  tbrouoh  w=mt 
if  due  i:.Lma-:ion  orauenr-.on,  (houid  rdopt  "'-^'f  ^"J^a  .a  ! 
V  ror.  oroppreffivc,  the  fubjras  may  coiapi-un  and  '-emonftKUe 
ae  nU  tl.  11  in  a  reipo-ful  m.rner;  but  ihey  are  bound,  by  the 
2i;:;^ennndLrth,notto  behave  undiuifunytnuchninr. 

p^  ooeha^e indent! V  and  rebdlbu-ly.  ^e  bands  of^.u^J 
would  be  uiflVlvea,  the  harmony  of  the  world  ;«"  """^■^.-,  jf 
then.d  rofnatur-'fubverted.  it  reverence,  re  peer,  atid  .b  di 
en  -e,  mioht  b.  refufed  to  thof.  whom  theconilitution  has  v.ll  d 
^"  h  the  hiohell  authority.  The  ill  conlequcnces  of  open  dif- 
relp.ct  to  government  a,c  fo  gr.at_,  that  no  m.konduct  of  the 
adminiilranoncanji;fHfyorexcuieit  u  nm,'  he^-J 

The  voice  of  complaint,    to  call  it  no  worfe,    is  now  tKa^a 
tU«oughev«ry  cornei  utourl,ud,;  auJ  we  '^i- '^'■^^l)"=-^^pj,° 


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lealtli,  and  never- 
equitable  and  free 
patronage  of  the 
i  contribtitirp,  in 
e  necefTaiy  public 
nies  have  hitherto 
me  populous,  both 
[)reigners,  the  hire 
ve  become  rich,  by 
jf  agrwulture  and 
me  pain  which  has 
i  they  would  go  on 
)n,  till,  in   pro.eis 
tion  or  envy  of  the 

■,  pvefentsitft'lf  to 
bej^ir.ning  to  ovi-v- 
lance,  and  appears 
rheiefore  to  awaken 
id  to  think  of  pro- 

to  prevent  the  ruin 
irouglit  it  torward; 
progrefs       He  mull 

I  he"  muft  be  infatu- 
Icntly  terminates  in 

i-rht  or  wrong  inits 
ir  cv.n  behaviour  has 

II  think  intulerablc. 
[late,  throuph  want 
.pi  nieafures  that  are 
Uin  and  remonftiate 
,eyaie  bound,  by  the 
dutifully,  much  more 
The  bnnds  of  foi-iety 
lid  tohfound?d,  and 

relpecr,  atid  obydi- 
[•(niUtution  has  vtittd 
L'oucncesof  open  dif- 
-.0  mii'conduct  of  the 

ivcrfc,    is  no\"  hea/d 

aiJ  daily  exhorted  fo 

prfpare 


Brfpare  for  tlic  defence  of  our  liberties  and  all  that  is  Tacrcd' 
C^ith  united  eflorts.-But  before  we  proceed,  U  concerns  us  to 
be  well  informed,  both  as  to  our  real  danger,  and  the  iteps  pro- 

^^'\Vere^he-Ameriv-ans  actually  in  a  ftate  ofopprc-ffion,  it  would 
flicvv  their  wifdom  and  prudence,  to  fubmlt  with  patuncc  to  t  heir 
prefent  condition,  rather  than  to  provoke  the  power   that  op- 
prrfr.s  them,  without  fome  fair  profpect  of  obtaining   relief 
One  d.-grte  of  dlilreij,  in  co-iL-quence  ot  tlie  weight  of    lUepal 
power,  is  a  grievance;  ten  decrees  of  aillrefs  a. erroportionably 
a-  greater  evil;   but  bad  ns  it  is,  ho  mull  be  an  idio:  or  a  mad- 
man, who  would  not  prefer  them  to  twenty.  „.         .1,  ^ 
■    But  we  are  fo  far  from  being  in    a  Hate  of  oppreffion    that 
the  proper  difpute  fubfiUing   between  Great-Entain    and   any 
of  her  colonies,  excepting    that  of  the  Maj/.u/jujfits  iJ.'-v.  is 
on'y,  ^e  Lana  C.prino,  about  an  att  impohhg  a  duty   ot  rhyti 
pence    a   pound  upon    tea.       This  is  the  o.dy  ground  ai-^- have 
for  complaining  of  the  adminlllraticn ;  and  >et  this  hasocca- 
fioned/throughout  our  colonics,  fuch   an  indecent  and  violent 
Crpo'ltion  to  rovernment  as  is  truly  aftoniflung.     Can  fuch  b-- 
baviour,  C!i  <b  flight  a  provocation,  proceed   ixova  duUjd  end 
hyd  fuhUas?  No;   i:  i;  impoflible.     Whatever  we  may  think, 
6rfay,  of  ourfelves;  if  v,e  had  any   true  principles  of  toynliy, 
or  any  tolerable  fcnfe  of  the  dut^  that  is  due  to  the  fupreme  le- 
tiflative  power,  und<T  which  the  providence  ot  God,  and  cur 
own  cnf-nt,   have  placed  us,  no  trifling   confidcrations  could 
prevail  with  us  to  behave  towards  it  in  lo  petulant  and   dilio- 
fpeftful  a  manner.     iJut  there  is  too  murli  reaJon   to  believe, 
that  our  minds  arc  unprincipled,  and  our  heart?  diipofcd  for 
rebellion.     Ever  fince  the  reduction  of  Canada,  we  have  been 
bloated  with  a  vain  Ojinion  of  our  own  power  and  nnportnnce. 
Our  eafc  has  produced  pride  and  wantonnefs.     We  have  been 
intoxicated  with  iuch  drauj^-htn  cf  liberty,  a- our  conilitutionS 
would  not  bear  ;  and  under  this  intoxication,  we  have  conceited 
that  ail  the  privilews  indulged  us  were  tiic  effcdts  of  fear.   Froni 
thii.king,  we   have   proceeded  to  fpeaking,_  difrripec\fully  of 

our  mother  country;  and  our  language  nov/is '•  It  is  con- 

"  trary  to  reafon  and  nature,  that  the  pevty  ili:  it'.  cS  Biniin 
"  flrmld  govern,  and  give  laws  to,  the  e.xtenfive  .  .id  mighty 
"  repions  of  J.'nerua." 

■  Yet  whatever  r'ni2  may  firoduce,  nt  prcfent  the  petty  ifiand 
of  Brit 'ill  is  able  to  grv^-rn  ten  Aneiicfls,  if  t>e  will  ex;rt 
her  pow-r.  I'u'.  Ihe  v,iih."s  by  knity  and  for-'ip.nance^ar.d 
i::d".lrence  to  iecure  our  afieAions,  and  to  rcnd'.v  us  icnu'ule, 
..  ,.  *•.  that 


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t>,ar  our  !rrc-.tc(l  political  hnppinefs  iniift  arifc  from  her  fmiles 
and  follcring  protctlion.  We  lliould  be  fully  convinced  of  this, 
were  it  not  i\:r  our  grofs  ignorance,  and  want  of  conii  cration  ; 
aiKl  wiliintr  to  conicfs  it.  were  it  not  for  our  pride.  But  if  we 
d. 'ermine  "to  deny  her  .authority,  or  to  queilion  lifr  right  to 
command  us,  ilie  will  prove  to  the  world,  and  bring  us  tocon- 
his,  that  though  me  is  ancient,  flie  h  not  fuperannuated  or 
e^haulled;  and  that  Ibcllill  poffeffes  the  fpirit  aad  vigour  that 
have.-.nimatsd  iitr  beil  ve:irs.  . 

Were  (he  only  to  do  nothing,  but  bare!/ to  leave  the  colcnies 
to   thvnife'ves  with  their  jarring  princioks,  and  iuterc'.-i,  and 
projeds;  v,veihould  foon  ice  province  wagin-  war  ag:iu,ll  pro- 
vince, and  our  country  would  be  involved  in  luch  inikry  and 
oiiircfs,  as  are  beyond  all  our  prefect  ccnccptionj.     Snould  it 
he  kno^n  abroad  that  Gna/  Britain  had  withdrawn  her  protec- 
tion, and  would  no  longer  interetl  herielf  incurprdcrvanon  and 
fafvUs'  ;  within  the  coinjufs  of  one  vear  our  feaports  woulJ  be 
rav^i^ed,  and  our  vxffds  pl.-ndercd  or  fei/.ed  as  foon  as  ihcy  Ictt 
cur  h,i:li()urs.     We  Ihould  therefore  foon  feel  the  necfflity  ot 
rurchafiriq-  the  proteftion   of  fome  maritime   power,  and  on 
terms  not  of  our  propofing,    but  of  theirs;    of    a  marUime 
power,  which  could  nuvei  be  able  to  fecure  us  •iP.ainf.  any  holUle 
*.ttem.3t5   of  (;m// .•?-■;/..///,  Ihould   fftc   fee.  fit   to  make  any; 
while  ihc  maintain-,  tliui  empire  of  the  fci  winch  fl.e  now  holds, 
and  of  which  all  the  maritin..  powers  of  the  world  are  unaWJ 
ii>difpo<T..fs  her.  '  .  ,,  x-  ^ 

But,  rcpiifs  the  ignorant  and  deluded  .•^mcncan :        iNot- 
••  witJtibM'dii.rr  :;]!  that  can  be  faid  of  the  naval  llrcnsth  ot 
"   Great  Biluih;  it  is  afimed  by  our  patriotic  leaders,  and  we 
*'  haue  rcafon  to  think,  that  th.:fe  colonies,  of  t:.emielycs,  are 
"  able  to  withRaad  all  her  force."     The  jud^-inent  ol  Heaven 
viilbly  apF'-''i=in  l'"'^  dreadful  infatuation.     It  was  but  a  tew 
year/a'T,.,  that  wc  believed,  v.-A   found   by  experience,  that 
the  culonh's  were  unable  to  wl'.hlland   the  mditia  of  C„t.u/a, 
fu-^ported  by  a  few  reoimenis  of  regular  tr«cp>   trom  Frcuue. 
Th-t  this  was  the  prencnd  opinion,  moll  ol  us  may  remember  ; 
and  it  is  evident  from  the  meflages  that  palled  between  Gover- 
nor   SHi-M,nY    and   the  Houle  r,l  Reprefentatives   o<i  Bcjlcn, 
from  thead.lrefs  of  the  Afiembiy  cf  riri^iuia  to  the  Pung,  at 
tie  begirninT  of  the  la-e  war,  and  from  m.my  other  autheiutc 
document;  of  that  period.     The  .♦,!oi.ie.  then  humbly  and  ar- 
d':ntly   iuiploied   tliat    Grtit  Britain   would  fpec.lily  Hep  in  to 
thiirrcl  U-,  and  pref-rvc  them  from  a  del'cruction  tiiai  thieat- 
eucd  to  overwhelm  thoui.     'iiieir  praycru  were  locn  hcatd ;  and 

what 


I 


1  her  fmiles 
need  of  tliis, 
>nii  cration ; 
l?ut  if  we 
hpr  right  to 
ng  us  tocon- 
■annuated  or 
i  vigour  that 

;  the  colcnies 
uterc'/'i,  and 
r  ag:i'i\li  pro- 
\\  niifciv  and 
j.     Should  it 
I'n  herprotec- 
ifcrvation  and 
orts  vvoulJ  he 
rin  as  I  hey  left 
\c  iieceflity  of 
lower,  ai)d  on 
f    a  iTiariiiine 
,nfi  any  hollile 
:o  make  any ; 
n-.f  now  hold?, 
))ld  are  unable 

ican:  "  Not- 
al  llrcnjth  of 
■aders,  and  vvc 
t'jcmielvcs,  are 
>dnt  of  Heaven 
was  but  a  few 
■cpcricnce,  that 
itia  of  Cantuin, 
••,   from  France. 
nay  remember ; 
jetw.'cn  Govcv- 
ives   t)f  Bcjhn, 
o  the  PLiiig,  at 
other  aullifiutc 
humbly  and  ar- 
ec.lily  Hep  in  to 
ion  tli.ii  thieat- 
iccnhcatd;  and 
what 


[     7     1     . 

v/hat  wa5  t'he  confcqucnce  we  all  know  The  flronc;  bulv  .:^ 
and  fcrtrelie,  of  Car,ada  were  iormed  and  the  conntry  con- 
quered by  the  difcipliae  and  invincible  bravery  ol  but  a  fmall 
B-rt  of  the  Eritiih  troops, 

^"Thcrc  is  no  room  to  doubt  but  fuch  an  army  as  was  employe! 
in  the  redaction  of  Cana.-i.,  would  be  more  than  futhcicnt  fox 
IcconauMl   of  all  the  dlialF.ct.d  American   colonies     (horld 
fuch  a  rcfolution  become  neccffary,  in  order  to  reduce  them  u» 
obedience.     For  they  are  open  and  acceinble  on  every  quarter, 
and  have   not  a   fmgle  fortrefs    to  cover  them,    nor  one  re- 
giment    ef    regular    troops   to  defend  them  ;     aud    they    a«  ^ 
without  militaTv  aores  without  magazines,  and  without  th=  .f- 
Ikill  thst  is  neoeilary  for  fupport.ng  an  army.     Under  h>cn  c«-- 
cumrtanccs  what  would  the  boaRed  numbers  of  our  inhaoitanU 
avail  us  a^^ainft  an  attack  from  Grcat-Br^s.in?  U  an  army  was 
fcntin  upSnus,  which  a  body  of  forty  thoufand  of  our  m.lmi 
was  unable  to  withftand  (for  it  is  impollible  that  a  greater  num- 
ber of  undifciplined  men  could  aft  to  advantage)  it  would  be 
abletoc^rry  defolation  through   the  whole  country;  am    al! 
the  m^n  in  the  colonies,  were   they    firmly  united,  would  not 
be  able  to  oppofe   it.     But   yet,  if  the   army  here   fnppokd. 
H^ould  be  found  unequal  to  the  defign  of  reducing  the  colonies, 
Gn-^t  Bri,a:n  could  (end  of  her  own  troops  a  f'^cond,  of  eci»;d 
ftrenoth  tothe  affiaance  of  the  firlt;  toth^  c  lliecouldadda  third 
of  tiSa.s,  a  fourth  of  Hanoverians,  and  fo  on   till  the  woi* 
were  completed.     She  could  cafily  take   pofleHion  of  all  our 
fea-coalls  where  our  wealth  is  principally  featcd,  and  force  us 
to  fly  into  the  back  part?  of  the  country    for  immedi.ac  lafety. 
There  an   army   of  Canadiar:  might   be  ordered  to  meet  us, 
rad  unnumbered  tribes  oi  J]^vag^s  might  be  let  looCo  upon    us 
at  the  lame  time,  while  our  lands  would  licuncidtivatcd,  our 
itores  exhauiled,  our  families  uuiheltercd,  and  thofe  that  hap- 
pened to  efcape  thefword,   glittering  and  flaming  both  in  the 
front  and  rear  of  our  fettlemcnts,  would  foon  pen.h  by  ficknels 

or  famine.  »       .    •     1 1  j  x 

All  that  is  here  mentioned  Great  Britain  is  able  to  do;  and 
all  this  I  believe  Ihc  nK'ouU  do,  ihould  Ihe  be  obliged  to  enter 
into  a  war  with  the  colonies, -provided  the  Americans  hal 
refolution  and /m«r/}  enough  (for  fo  fome  would  call  it)  t» 
hold  out  to  fuch  extremity.  Bat  1  am  too  well  acquainted  witli 
their  charader  to  expedthat  they  would  prove  thus  ohjimati  vx 
the  dayr  of  trial.  When  they  come  to  find  that  on  their  fide; 
there  cm  be  no  profp.e£l  of  vidory,  but  that  every  day  mull 
deepen  their  diitrsf.  and  render  their  condition  worfe  and  wcric; 


.  s^r,v"^::T'^'^^*~*'r  ■  'W^.^^^^^^ 


iB--j|i(%.:4W.,rt*r'--' 


C     8     ) 


tbeir  natural  underrtandings  will  return  to  them,  anrl  irrefiUihl/ 
plead  the  neccfiiiy  of  a  lubmiliioii  as  foon  as  poflihlc.  Jn  thut 
cde  happy  would  it  be  for  them,  if  they  could  be  confiderca 
oiilv  as  conquered  enemies ;  but  alas!  they  muft  be  viewed  ia 
riie 'light  of  ■van<]uilJ>cJ  n-leh,  and  treatea  accordingly.  I'hci,* 
kadei:.  nuiil  be  oiven  u-p  into  the  cxccuiioner's  hands ;  confifcati- 
onr.  of  th'.ir  ell.i'tes  forfeited  by  rebellion,  mull  follow,  and  all 
Biuil  be  itft  at  the  mercy  of  ilieir  vanquilhers.  When  one  peo- 
ple is  coinyuejed  by  another  in  war,  private  property  is  rclloreJ 
loirs  former  poffeflbrs ;  but  when  leb'-l  lions  are  cruihed,  the 
moll  to  be  expcile.l  is,  that  the  lives  of  thofc  that  belong  to  the 
lovver  cl.ifles  will  be  fpared. 

To  this  wretched  and  accuifed  flatc  of  rebellion,  the  priit- 
ciplcs  that  have  been  propagatrd,  and  feveral  fteps  that  have 
been  tat^eu  -n  the  American  Colonies,  direftly  tend.  Nay,  a 
rebellion  is  aheady  e-vidently  cumme.nad  in  New-England,  in  the 
county  of  %rfl/X-,  without  room  fur  letreating.  'fhe  inhabir 
tants  of  that  I  irge  and  populous  county  have  openly  bid  de- 
fiance to  the  united  authority  of  the  King,  Lords  and  Com- 
mons  afierabied  in  Parliament  ;  they  have  moll  contemptuoufly 
rojcded  the  regulations  of  their  courts  of  jultice  .^c.  ellablillicd 
by  Parliament ;  aud  not  only  fo,  but  they  have  fet  up  in  dtrc/i 
ep/>i /.'lion  to  ^heu  authority,  a  government  of  their  own.  In 
thc'fpirit  of  outrageous  licentiouinefs,  they  have  compelled  by 
brutal  violence,  thofe  refpeaable  gentlemen  that  held  Comn  li- 
fions  under  the  Crown,  to  refign  them  in  forms  of  their  own 
inditini'-,  and  to  reliuquilh  their  llations ;  and  they  have  ap- 
pointedothers  of  the  fame  factious  and  turbulent  difpofition 
with  themii-Ives  to  fill  their  places,  till  their  long-projeded  re- 
id,  which  is   the  glorious  objeit.     They 


fuJdic  *  ihall   be  fettled, 


•  I  am  perfiiadeJ  thit  there  are  not  muny  men  in  the  other  Colonies  of 
any  denomination,  who  h.ivc  uat  a  s"'-'>'  pr>;v.Viling  principle  of  affeftion, 
frtrcm  and  veneration  lor  our  civil  Ce'iOitution,  however  it  m-y  be  darkened 
6y  thp  grols  exhalation.  oc<  jlioncd  b>  the  heat  of  th«  orefent  difputei.  But 
in  Ne-M-Envland  I  conceive,  li-ie  rej|  icifimenrs  of  the  people  a;e.«t  apcail.ttr 
romplexion.  M-ny  of  the  firft  fettle-s  imi^o-teJ  with  them  ar;  averfion  to  tne 
repMiti'tof  our  Conftitution,  and  were  diorough-plrea  KepuDl.cjm.  lo 
every  fpecies  of  mona-chy  they  were  as  invete  ate  enemies  as  any  of  their 
brethren,  whom  they  left  be!  ind  them  in  E,:gh::cli  fome  _ot  whonn  could  not 
bear  to  re\d  the  word  King  in  their  JUtla,  but  wherever  it  occured  they  fub- 
ftitotrd  C:xi!  Afacrilh-att  in  its  place.  U  is  well  known  that  even  good  old 
father  Baxtkr  was  a  remarkable  inrtance  of  this  nature.  In  the  time  ot 
CuoMWELi/s  ufiirpa'ion,  he  publilhed  his  book  of  SjMs  eftrlujhiig  Riji, , 
ill  which  he  thought  fit  to  ufe  the  pM'eof  'H'C  Parliament  o_v  Heaven, 
inftead  of  fayinc  'lie  KiNGooM  OF  HfAVEN  t .  No*  thole  oi'5»n*' '«"'«» 
\  G&tv's  unj'ltier  to  NsAlt 


1 


j»»^-' 


-,p^:-.^j  ^yii^^^y^.t^p.V'^jp^yf^ 


iflirrefiUihll/ 
lie.  Jnili:it 
2  confideruii 
be  viewed  in 
gly.  Thci,* 
s ;  confifcati- 
low,  and  all 
i»en  one  peo- 
ty  is  rclloreJ 
crulhed,  tiie 
bsiong  to  the 

I,  the  prirf* 
ps  that  hiive 
d.  Nay,  a 
iland,  in  the 
The  inhabir 
inly  bid  de- 
s  and  Cotn- 
nteniptuoLifly 
:.  eilablillicd 
;  up  in  dtrci^ 
tir  own.  In 
lOinpelled  by 
eld  Comn  if- 
if  their  own 
ey  have  ap- 
it  difpofiHon 
■projeded  re- 
bjeit.     They 

ler  Colonies  of 
)le  of  afFeftio.i, 
imy  be  darkened 
t  dirputei.  But 
a;e.»t'a/>ir«(A'(«r 
V  averfion  to  me 

!^lul>liCilH!'         'I'o 

as  any  of  ih:'it 
whom  cou[d  not 
ccured  they  fub- 
it  even  good  old 
In  the  time  of 
efir/ajliiig  Reftt 
T  ov  Heaven> 
soiisinii  ittllei* 


(    9    ) 

\\tx&  already,  if  we  may  bL-lieve  crcdilU  i»/crmati'o»,  marked 
out  the  inland  town  oi  IVoyrefler  for  the  /cat  of  this  Ripublici 
they  are  now  collcfting  an  artillery  for  its  tiefcncc  ;  and  feme 
jDl"th!;!.n  have  nominated  the  man  who  is  to  be  their  Protector. 

Whether  this  be' Jo  or  not,  it  appears  from  authentic  intellig^ 
ertce,  dated  Do/ion  September  27th,  that  they  have  done  as  bad*. 
For  the  Select  Men  and  /A^CoMMiTTtE  o/"Correspon- 
DENCE  have  proclaimed  the  King's  troops  to  be  public  ene- 
Mits,  and  dcd.ired  to' Mr.  Scot  that  he  deserved  imneMatt 
PE  AT  H,  for  felling  nuarlikt  ftores  to  them  ;  and  the  people  aftual- 
\y  ^\d,2L^^m\i\^  to  put  Twii  fiHtcnce  in  execution,  hut  Mr,  Scot 
•urns  fo  fortunate  as  to  mah  his  efcape.  And  befides  this  the 
King's  General  and  Go  vernor  farther  complains  of  their  continuial 
adi  ofhoftillty.  "  Orders,  fays  he,  are  given  to  prevent  all  fup- 
"  plies  for  Englifh  troops :  Stiaw  purchafcd  for  their  ufe  is  daily 
"  burnt,  veffels  with  bricks  funk,  carts  with  wood  overturned, 
•'  and  ihus  even  the  King's  property  is  dellroyed  in  every 
«'  manner  in  which  it  can  be  eftefted."  And  he  juftly  obferves 
that  all  this  is  "  not  the  effect  of  rafti  tumult,  but  of  evident 
«  fyftem." 

N^ithefe  rebellious  Republicans,  thefehairbrained  fanaticks» 
as  mad  and  diftracted  as  the  Anabaptists  of  Munster,  are 
the  people  whom  the  American  Colonies  wiih  to  fupport !    It 

B  '  feern* 

of  New-England  ftlffly  maintained,  and  zealoufly  endcivored  to  propagate  their 
own  antimonarchical  principles;  and  thofe  principles  have  been  handed  down  by 
an  uiiinttiTuptcd  fuccellion,  from  father  to  fon,  and  from  genejjtion  to  gene- 
ration, to  the  prcfent  day. 

Although  many  of  their  defcendants  hare  acquired  liberal  fentiments,  and 
have  renounced  the  bigotry  and  prejudices  of  their  well-mranins  fore-fathers, 
■whether  reUting  to  matters  of  religion  or  government  ;  yet  this  is  by  nomeani 
the  cafe  with  regird  to  the  body  of  the  people.  They  ftill  retain  an  hereditary 
avetfioB  to  the  frame  of  the  Engl.lh  Conftilu^ion,  and  to  thecontroll  of  monar- 
chy ;  and  this  a»erlion  has  been  from  time  10  lime,  i-ccafionally  animated  and 
inflimed  by  a  fet  o( Pulpit-inceiidiariei,  for  which  that  part  of  the  country  has 
Lien  ever  famous.  By  thefe  and  other  inftrunicnts  they  have  been  prepared 
vh«  lever  the  word  is  given,  todeda.e  and  exert  themfelves  at  all  hazards  lor 
an  tidependent  government  of  their  own  modelling. 

The  confufions  of  the  prefent  time  have  been  thought  to  afford  a  favorable 
opportunity,  for  putting  their  defign  in  execution.  The  Colonies  are  difcoi. 
tented,  and  it  has  been  imagined  that  they  might  all  be  petfjaded  to  encourage 
the  attempt-  On  this  prcfumption,  the  decree  has  gone  forth  to  ered  the  Re- 
public; the  Rubicon  has  been  pallitd,  andtliere  can  be  no  thoughts  of  retreating. 
They  have  drawn  the  fword,  with  an  aim  to  plunge  it  into  the  bowels  of  our 
ancient  and  venerable  Conflitution;  and  henceforward  the  fcabhaid  muft  be- 
come ufdefs.  The  try  now  is:  H-'e  lew  no pnrt  in  IJavid,  ntither  bavewi 
ir.lreriianct  in  the  ftn  of  }it%t  :  Every  man  to  his  tent,  O  IsRACl* 

*  bee  Mr.  G.^ink's  Mercury  of  Oftober  10. 


■1 


i 


I 

•1 


.*iMi««i»ii*Ht.i&a«»^*ft***«*^«*"  -"*" 


^s&e- 


^^     ^     j5&.S.irttiJa*.^  *  - 


jn^-n^*— ^. 


♦' 


(      10      ) 


feems  to  be  a  maik  o^ judicial  infatuation  inflicted  on  us  by  the 
ricrhteous  judgment  of  Almij>hty  Cod,  that  we  of  the  other 
Colonics  can  think  of  efpoufing  fuch  a  caufe,  and  of  rifquing 
every  thing  that  is  dear,  agamft  Juchinexprtjfibk  ocltis-\n  lupport 
of  a  fcheme  which  all  of  us,  but  a  few  I'relbyterians  and  Inde- 
pendents, in  our  hours  of  reflexion,  if  we  have  any,  muft  de- 

ipife  and  abhor.  ,        ,  ,  . 

The  hopta  of  all  moderate  and  confiderate  perions  among  us, 
whofe  nunibef,  I  believe  are  not   fmall,  were  long  fixed  upon 
the  oenera!  Jma-ican  Ccngrefs.     They   imagined  it  to   be  I'-.e 
buiinefs  and  defign  of  this  grand  CoMMiniiE  ok   Commit- 
tees, to  find  out  fome  way  confident  with  our  claims  for  ob- 
taininj^  the  ref^oration  of  our  common  tranquillity,  and  a  happy 
leconciliation  of  Great-Britain  to  her  Colonies.     The  known 
character  of  fome  Gentlemen  appointed  ar.  Delegates,  2nd   the 
fuppofed  character  of  moil  of  the  others,  led  us  to  expect   from 
them  all  that  we  wanted;  and  to  believe  that  the  united  v/if- 
dom  of  tl^e  Americans  would  fliine  in  full  fplendor  at  the  Cen- 
crcfs,  and  that  the  prudence  and  policy  of  the  Counfels  there 
trken  would  be  fuch,  as  would  have  dane  honour  to  an  Afiem- 
biy  of  the  greateil  fages  of  antiquity.     But— the  poor  ||jperi- 
cms  are  doomed  to  difappcintment.     The  nrft  difcovery  of  the 
fcntiments  of  the  C^v^>-fj)  was  flioc  king.     Every  thing  was  kept 
frcret  for  fome  weeki,  and  we  flattered  ourfeives  witn  hoping 
for  the  bell.     But  when  the  news  arrived  al  Philadelphia,  that 
tlie  people  of  SuiFOLK  had  openly  rhvolted  from  theip. 
/iLi-EoiANCK  \.o  t\\>i  King  and   his  gu-vernmcnt ;    in  a   fuddcn 
jtanfport  of  joy,  the  veii  of  the  Ccngrefs  was  drawn  back,  and 
•I  mylkry  revealed  that  filled  the  minds  of  many  with  furpn/e 
and  alionilhment.     The  myftery  was,  that  the  Gentlemen  of 
the  CA.nvrej'u  in  whom  we  confided  as  the  faithful  guardians  of 
the  Jafety,  as  well  as  righn  of  America,  were  dijpojed  to  enter 
into  a  league  ofl'cntive  and  defenfive,  with  its  itjorji  cnemiti,  the 
New-England  and  other  Prefbyterian  Republiciins.     This  fact 
'"s  notorious  to  the  world  ;  it  can  neitiier  be  denied  nor  pallia- 
ted •  for  they  hallily  and  eagerly  puUlilhed,  (and  it  was  the  tirft 
thing  th.it  ihcy  ^/</  publilli)   their  cordial  approbatioii  of  the 
Pifo'lk  Rtjolvcs  for  erecting  an  Independent  Government  m  Ke-xv- 
^Enzland;  and  recommended  to   the   Americans  the  fupport  of 
thofe  meafurcs  iviih  united  fforts.     Irom  that  time  every  mo- 
de ate  man  amor^r  us  iias  dcfpaircd  of  feeing  any  good  produ- 
ced by  the  Congrefs;  and  from  that  time  every  thing   that  was 
bad  his  been  i;iowing  worfe. 

eritnds,  Ccunirmin  and  Fellc'vu-Sul'jt.ls!  let  me  entreat  you 

to 


jftlJ^a-A. 


cted  on  us  by  the 
we  of"  the  other 
,  and  of  rifquing 
'f  oiUi--\xi  fupport 
terians  and  Inde- 
ve  any,  muft  de- 

perfons  among  us, 

long  fixed  upon 

ned  it  to  be  i-.e 

iE     OK     CoMMIT- 

lur  claims  for  ob- 
llity,  and  a  happy 
es.  'I'he  known 
elegates,  2nd  the 
us  to  expect  from 
t  the  united  wif- 
lendor  at  the  Caw- 
he  Counfels  there 
nour  to  an  Afiem- 
-the  poor  iiy^eri- 
rft  difcovery  of  the 
■ery  thing  was  kept 
"elves  with  hoping 
Philadilphin,  that 

TEU   FROM  THEIR 

cnt ;    in  a   fuddcn 
s  drawn  back,  and 
nany  with  furpri/e 
the  Gentlemen  of 
lithful  guardians  of 
re  tiijpoj(d  to  enter 
:s  nxorfl  cnemili,  the 
blicans.     This  fact 
s  denied  nor  pallia- 
(and  it  was  the  firft 
approbation  of  the 
loverntHint  in  Nt-xv- 
i;ans  the  fupport  of 
ir.t  time  every  nio- 
\g  any  good  pr«du- 
cry  thing   that  was 

let  me  entreat  you 


**■"  °ps?-. 


-tw-^   ■>T»«?i^P5**r" 


(       II       ) 

to  roafe  up  at  lad  from  your  flumber,  and  to  open  your  eyes  to 
the  danger  that  furrounds  you — the  danger  of  your  being  hurried 
into  a  Itate  of  rebellion  before  you  are  aware- of  J  t,  and  of  fuf- 
fering  aJl  that  r.  fsntment  which  a  mighty  nation  can  difrhargc 
upon  a  defenceJefs  people.  Whether  d-tat-Brifain  did  right 
or  not,  in  inipoilng  the  duty  on  tea,  and  whether  we  pay- 
it  or  not,  are  matters  of  trilling  coiifequence:  But  whether  wa 
fliall  bring  down  upon  our  own  headi  the  full  weight  of  her 
vengeance,  and  undergo  all  the  horrors  of  a  civil  war,  or  not, 
are  matters  of  dieadful  importance  to  w.  If  you  periiH:  in  the 
fteps  wliich  many  of  you  have  taken  ;  and  efpecJally  ifyongs 
on  to  encourage  the  New-England  fanaticks  to  attnck  the  Kmg's 
troop;-,  whenever  they  can  meet  them ;  the  time  cannot  be 
dillant,  in  which  both  you  and  they  will  be  legally  proclaimed 
Rebels  ana  Traitors — they  as  principals,  and  you  as  their  abettors. 
You  may  lUll  profefs  yourfelves  to  be  his  Afijjr/fj's  tn:.Jl  dutiful 
and InyrJ fuhjcrfs,  as  you  did  in  your  kite  Rksoi.vec,  and  as 
the  leaders  in  the  grand  rebellion  of  1 54.1  did,  in  their  mclTages 
to  the  King  immediately  afttr  the  battle  of  Edgt-liill,  whcr& 
ihey  had  fought  againft  him  in  perfon  ;  but  this  will  notfltrecTi 
you  from  vengeance.  No:  Havoc  will  be  tiie  cry;  and  tht 
dogs  of  ivar  will  be  let  loofe  to  tear  out  y.)ur  vita's.  Then,  if 
not  before  then,  the  D.rmcu  l,.  difcord  will  rile  to  diilract  you. 
Brother  mull  liglit  agaii.ft  brother,  and  friend  againft  the  friend 
of  his  bofom.  In  Ihort,  the  country  t!iat  i'l  now  "  fair  as 
Edc/i,"  will  become  a  field  of  blood,  overfpread  with  dtfola- 
tion  .ind  flaughtcr.  T  tremble,  and  my  blood  retires  to  my 
heart  at  the  profp^ct  of  fuch  amazing  anguilh  and  mifery.  The 
lun  and  the  moon  begin  already  to  be  darkened  and  the  liars 
to  withdraw  their  fluniiig.  O  all-pitying  Hsaven!  Prcierve 
m'.'  !    Prefcrve  my  friends!  Prefe/vc  my  country! 

If  we  are  now  upon  the  brink  of  a  horrid  civil  war,  and  there 
be  no  hopes  of  relief  from,  the  wifdom,  prudence  and  good 
temper  if  the  Co/igtr/s,  there  tan  be  but  one  way  of  fafety  left; 
which  is,  that  wo  all  endeavour  to  fee  with  our  own  eyes,  and 
make  ufe  of  our  own  underft.andings,  r.nd  refjms  the  liberty  of 
thinliing,  and  fpeaking,  and  acting  for  ourfelvcs.  Let  us 
then  like  men  of  feni"e,  fst  down  caimly  and  count  the  coll,  in 
tlie  fiill  plarc,  bcf Tc  we  undertake  to  finitb  the  wor!-t  propofed 
to  us.  Let  us  confider,  before  we  proceed  farther  and  get  more 
deeply  embarrafl'cd,  whether  we  are  able  to  go  through  willi 
our  eotcrpri/o  againll  Gnat -Britain,  or  not:  And,  lain  pur- 
Aiaded,  it  will  foon  apprar  to  be  impoflible. 

We  ixi  not  able,  without  ihe  utmoll  hazard,  to  go  forward  with 

B  a  '^^  any 


r 


-  i 


..JjJAf,  >  ■ 


^^..^ 


,jSS^i?S35)it^;^l<' '«"  ,ii{«:[*_p«W!  ;3^ 


If 


■IT 


4 


'(       12      ) 

o«v  warlike  defien,  the  only  way  is  to  retreat  from  it  as  foon 
^l^c an    and  IcJre  to  ourfclves  fuch  ndvant.r,es  as  n..y  be 
ft  lUu  ou   power.    This  would  H^ew  nor  w.f.iom  and  d^fcrcaon. 
w    e  our    aSe  fuo-.vcd  to  be  ever  fo  juft   and  hud  we  no  j^u- 
iTa  connexion  with  the  power  we  were  d:lpcfed  to  contend  .  uh 
For  it  is  an  eternal  maxim,  which  holds  in  aU  olcs  that  a   .ts. 
evi      s  to  be  cholen,  when  it  frees  us  trcnr  -  g-'a^er.     But   a 
our  c4,  where  the  juHice  of  our  caufe  is  ar  hnl  but  dcuhju!- 
and  when  the  power  to  be  oppcf.d  is  that,  whuh  ha.  '>:en(l.td 
1  ;t!bofom   and  kindly  protctled  us  from  ourearliclt  infancy 
"'  ^h    h  weTave  a  w.yAerctc.'ore  ackno.led.,-d  our  obbj^a- 
tTons  to  obey-to  which  many  of  us  have  folcm.ly  iworn  ulle- 
Innce-a.  d  which  has  feldom  thwarted  our  inchnaticns  at  all. 
fiSnever  butln  matters  of  comparatively  triUing  coniequence  : 
!!!.Tn  this  cafe.  I  fay.  the  necetlity  of  fuch  accomodating  mea- 
sures Ilrikes  us  with  iliU  more  irreiillable  evidence. 
*^  If  thcfe  who  have  been  mod  aftive  among  us,  ,n  rai hng  led  - 
lious  tumults,  and  in  filling  the  country  with  d.draftmn    nm  1 
iot  be  pTrfuaded,  by  the  foregoing  conf.deranons    to  recede,    t 
^l     Xhat  others  will ;  and  it  would  be  nofmall  point  gained, 
?n  faS?  of    h    Co  onL:,  if  thofe  who  are  friends  to  order  and 
an  tavor  of  ^"^J-         .  ^   ^-^^^^  ^nd  diilurbances  <  f  abi-five 

K^vTuf  'afltr  therurage  openly  to  declare  their  ienti- 
menls  All  thofe  who  arc  ftiU  loyal  to  the.r  fovereign  ihou  d 
^  I  c.rr^l  His  Maieilv':.  Eood  fubjeas  ot  the  town  of  Rye  , 
t%hel  Ming  1  nnr,  hLe  the  ixample.  Not  only  the  r 
lame  but  their  numberr.  are  very  refpedable  ;''\"d,. were  the 
«Tmnle  to  be  followed,  through  all  the  towns  and  diftrifts  of  our 
jrv.T-fl  Colonics  1  doubt  not  but  it  would  appear,  to  the  confu- 
tn  of  ?ot"am'ong  us.  that,  in  every  Fov.-e  t  -  are  n.ne 
4han  fcven  tloufatid  mm  'v.ho  har.'t  not  hcu^ed  the  kuee  ana  ^^n^ 
Ih?  not  bow  it.  to  the  Baal  of  independency  And  I  row  con- 
ri  ula  e  an  u  h  on  the  pleafure  of  finding,  from  the  ir^orma- 
gratulate  ail  .  j,      *-    ,;j       i^i^  veracity,  that  the  Rejohn 

tion  of  ^^'^"^l;'"^^  °;/f^,'»^  exprcinng  thefenje  of  the  inhMtant. 
c7Sa?gefuld  loyal  Pr..vLce  ;%ut  that  they  were  framed 
only  by^a  company  of  hot-headed  fellows,  met  together  m  * 

"r  will  only  obferve  farther  on  this   fubjeft   that  nil  who  have 
the  cTu  age  now  to  declare  themfelves  friends  to  Government 
S  undoubtedly  think  themfelvej  bound  ,n  honour,  interefta.id 


•  See  Mr.  RtviNOTON'i  Gaxtutr  of  O«ober  IJ. 
\   RivINOTON'S   CriJWU*',  ut  fup  : 


confciencc, 


t-» 


%€ 


■i,AmA- 


^.»MtmM- 


fi^tj^.^-- 


■  '^.■g^^^r::'r.'<?!?^mifa!mm-<mt-^.^n^^^ 


Tom  it  as  foon 

r,r;e5  as  nn;)y  be 
and  difcrcion, 
ud  we  no  pecu- 

0  contend  with, 
"lies  that  a  Isis 
•■.t-arer.  But  n 
il  but  douhiju}  ; 
:h  has  i.lieiiihtd 
rtarlicll  infancy 
ijrcd  our  obbga- 
11! ly  iworn  uHe- 
cUnaticns  at  all, 
\^  coni'eqHence  : 
amodating  mc;i- 
ce. 

i,  in  railing  {'cdi- 

1  c'/lraftinn,  will 
ins,  to  recede,  it 
all  point  gnined, 
nds  to  order  and 
bances  <  f  abufive 
clare  their  ienti- 
fovcreign,  iliould 
he  town  of  Rye*, 

Not  only  their 
1  ;  and,  were  the 
ind  diftrifts  of  our 
lear,  to  the  confu- 
e,  there  are  inovc 
the  knee,  and  whc\ 
And  I  now  con- 
from  the  informa- 
,  that  tht  Rrjohrs 
t  of  theinhi.hitants 
they  were  fiained 
met  together  in  a, 

that  all  who  have 
3  to  Government, 
onour,  intereft  and 


confciencc, 


[     13    ] 

confcience,  to  refbrt  to  the  King's  Standa-d,  when  it  comes  to 
be  errjkd   in   our  different  Colonies,  (hculd  that  melancholly 
event  happen  ;  and  thefc,  of  themfclvcs,  will  compofe  a  body, 
which,  iu  a  .no  id  caufe,  will  i)e  formidable  to  its  oppofers.    But 
:nanv  thoufands  of  others,  and  indeed  the  greater  part  of  thofe 
who'fhall  not  have  rendered  their  cafes  defperate,  when  they  fee 
the  danger  thii:  nearly  approaching,    and  the  ftorm  ready  to 
burrt,  will  be  glad  to  fly  for  fheltcr  too  to  the  Royal  llandard, 
if  human  nature  continues  the  fame  that  it  ever  has  been  ;  and 
they  will  be  z.eilous  toyf?W/z?  themfcKTS  in  the  King's fcrvice, 
in  order  to  render  unqucllionable  that  loyalty  which  was  forincr- 
ly  fufpicious.     It  is  morally  certain   that,  in  the  day  of  trial,  a 
large  majority  of  the  Amtiicans  will  heartily  unitewith  the 
King's  troops,   in  reducing  America  to  order.     Our  vioknt  re- 
publicans will  then  Jind  thcmfelves  delerted  by  thoufands  and 
thoufmds  in  whom  they  now  confide  ;  and  Inexprtflibly  dread- 
ful muil  be  their  dif  q.pointment.     "  O  !  that  they  were  wfe, 
"  that  ihey  underjiooii  this,  that  they  would  anfider  their  lat*^ 
"  ti;r    tNB  !" 

I  ihall  fiy  no  mon?  on  the  fnppofeJ  cafe  of  cur  waging  war 
AGAINST  THE  Ki N G ,' and  entering  into  a  state  of  rebel- 
l-ioN  ;  the  thoughts  of  which,  all  fober  men,  and  all  ccnfcier- 
tious  men,  and  all  who  prefer  the  good  of  their  country  to  the 
gratification  of  their  own  obftinatc  humours,  muft  n  jeil  with 

horror.  ,  r  n.     i  • 

But  another  fcheme  is  propofed,  at  firll  view  lefs  (hocking, 
which  alfo  appears  to  be  retoramended  by  the  CongrfJ',  and 
which  many  at  prefent  are  inclined  to  adopt  ;  I  mean,  a  ge- 
neral imi-importcttion  agrremcnt  throughout  the  Colonies.  Againfl 
a  propolal  of  this  nature  I  have  two  objedions  to  offer  :  Namely, 
that  it  will  greatly  dilbefs  i  country  which  1  love  ;  and  that  ic 
will  not  anfwer  the  purpofc. 

In  order  (N.  B.)  to  g-^t  rid  of  a  duty  oi  three  pence  a  pound  an 
Ua,  it  is  piopofed  to  ilop  all  importation  from  Great-Bn/nif, 
and  even  from  the  mjhlndta  Ijlar.d.,  till  the  ad  impofing  it 
iliall  be  rcDCaled.  Bat  a  remedy  of  this  kind  is  ten  thoufand 
times  worfc  than  the  difeafe.  It  if,  for  the  wifdom  of  it,  like 
cutting  oiFaii  arm,  in  order  to  get  rid  of  a  fmall  fore  in  one  of 

the  fingers.  n  ■    •        i 

On  a  late  trial  of  non- importation  *^rom  Great-Entmn  only, 
Rj  foon  as  the  Hores  of  Englitu  goods  began  to  hi  exhauaed, 
every  family  amonc;  us  experienced  fuch  inconveniences  und 
difliculties,  as  produced  a  general  murmur  and  complaint.  For 
»Uhoui>!^  the  articles  imported  froiii  England  *rc  not  abfolutely 
, "  ncccfiary 


■£       I    -r-  i<S(#^'r«foT^-'rHrirfi^^"-" 


miitii     ''rriif-*'"-y*r " 


^^■fe»i'9 


-■(^ 


if'ww*'; 


ji^js^vjifmimi  fmn  wiiiiiM  [n^-'r'Tf^w^r 


I     H    ] 


nfceJTary  to  fupport  animal  lifs  ;  yet  it  was  found  that  the  «- 
I'llizcd  life  we  had  been  uled  to,  and  v.'hich  is  neceflliry  to  the 
Jsippinels  of  all  but  favagfs,  depended,  in  no  final!  degree,  upon 
cur  importations  from  Great -Brit  air..  And  had  the  Ron-impor- 
tation  continued  much  longer,  it  would  have  excited  iniurrec- 
tions  in  moll  parts  of  the  country. 

But  a  n(in -importation  from  the  Weft-InTtcs  would  ft!  11  more 
tenderly  afieft  us.  For  to  fay  nothing  <\  Rum,  or  oi  Mol<:Jfes 
for  the  ufe  of  our  diftillcrics,  without  which  more  than  a  hun- 
dred thoufand  American  dram  drinkers,  would  foon  be  clamo- 
rous ;  the  v,',int  of  the  f.ngle  article  Su^a>-  would  diitrcfs  every 
family  upon  tiiis  Continent.  For  thia,  in  the  quantity  that  is 
neccffary,  we  could  fin.i  no  fuilicient  fuMlitutc.  The  hardened 
juice  of  our  M.:'/>1.',  where  it  could  be  had,. would  be  but  a  lorry 
one  ;  and  as  to  Hoiuy,  we  al!  know  its  ufe  ;  .nnd  were  our  ilock 
of  it  ever  fo  hrge,  it  weald  prove  but  a  bed  fvsectncr  of  ;he  bit- 
ter draught  of  a  non-importation. 

Mere  tl\en  it  is  propoied,  th^.t,  to  the  non-importation  which 
we  have  experienced  and  could  harci-y  bcai-,  an<»ther  fiioutd  be 
added,  that  would  aS'd^  u'.  Itill  worfe  ;  and  that  a  double  weight 
ft'ionld  be  fdleneu  upon  thofe  (honldf'rs,  which  were  ready  to 
give  way  under  r.fmglc  one.  But  rhi!;  is  not  the  worft  of  the  cafe. 
It  is  generally  believed,  and  intim:'tions  from  Etig'aKiihx'!^  con- 
lirmed  the  opinion,  tliat  if  the  Colonics  ihould  relolve  to  import 
rotl'.inj",  from  Cvert-Iiriiain  ?.nA  tlie  Wifthdics,  they  will  not 
be  furtcrcd  to  import  from  any  other  quarter — not,  even  the  fait 
that  is  ncccffary  fi  cure  their  winter's  provifions,  or  to  feafon 
tneir  porridge  :  And  bcfides  this,  that  an  -AAKAwxt.  ni»-  expert ation, 
will  be  ordered,  and  not  a  linglc  veflel  fufured  to  jro  out  of  our 
h.irbours.  Such  an  order,  wc  know,  can  eflVdually  be  execu- 
ted, with  the  greatefl:  eafe.  It  is  but  couimanding  the  feveral 
Cu.'lom-Houfcs  to  grant  no  clearances  ;  and  then  every  veffel 
that  olt'cred  to  fail,  would  be  a  lawful  feizure.  A  few  of  the 
K'"g's  frigates  would  be  iufficicnt  to  do  the  bu/lnefs.  fur  all  the 
Coloi'ics  on  the  Continent.  Two  or  thicc  of  liicm  fiationcd  at 
the  Capfi  nf  P'irgit  ia,  would  command  every  veflel  belonging  to 
the  Poit:,  and  to  the  fine  navigable  rivers,  of  Virginia  and  Ma- 
$\lani/.  As  mai.y  flationcd  at  the  Cafes  c/  De  laic  an;,  would  fc- 
cure  Penn/'yit'.ziia  and  Wtjl-'Jfrfcy — and  foof  the  rell, 

Now  a  tutnl  ilagn^ition  o^  all  foreign  commerce,  would  at 
opce  place  us  in  a  giorii  us  and  bleflbd  llatc.  In  the  lirll  place, 
al!  that  live  by  this  commrrce  would  be  thrown  out  of  employ. 
Oar  Jaihirs  would  be  turned  afiiore  ;•  our  fhips  would  rot  in  our 
harbours  ;   and  oui"  eflate.^,  whic.i  coafill  of  wharfs  or  warc- 

houfest 


Kt«gAir« 


.  iitjur-  -. ,  ■•4-^-r~'^ ^'!'y^^=*?Tay;'wi«m V 


)'jnd  that  the  «- 
neceflliry  to  the 
ull  degree,  upon 
i  the  Ron-iiTipor- 
txcitcd  iniurrec- 

would  dill  more 
/«,  or  of  MiA<!j[fes 
lore  than  a  hun- 
1  loon  be  clamo- 
uld  diitrcis  every 
:  quantity  that  is 
.  The  hardened 
Id  be  but  a  lorry 
id  were  our  ilock 
;ctncr  of  ;he  bit- 

iportation  which 
iK^ther  Hiould  be 
;  a  double  weight 
h  were  ready  to 
worft  of  the  cafe. 
fff^f'ijWhave  con- 
re  (olve  to  import 
:x,  they  will  not 
■not,  (-ven  the  fait 
ions,  or  to  feafon 
ue  w  J.  txpcrtation^ 
to  fro  out  of  our 
dually  be  cxecu- 
nding  the  feveral 
ihen  every  veflel 
c.  A  few  of  the 
ifinefs.  fur  all  the 
tliein  fiationcd  at 
efl'fl  belonging  to 
VirgiHsa  and  Mn- 
niari:,,  would  Ic- 
;he  rell. 

imcrcc,  would  at 

In  the  iirll  place, 

in  out  of  employ. 

would  rot  in  our 

wharfs  or  warc- 

houfcs. 


C     '5     ] 

houfes,  would  become  as  worthlefs,  as  thofc  of  the  fame  nature 
areat  prefent  in  the  town  cf  Bofi:,».  Oar  Jljip-lmiU.rs,  a;",J 
their  attendants,  their /«///,/,  carmen  i^c.  with  :tll  tliat  are  em- 
ployed in  the  bufinefs  of  cordr.ge  and  ringing,  nmll  be  imme- 
diately difcharged.  The  numerous  body  of  fi/o/j  and  if-c^/wc^ 
muft  be  turned  adrift.  Nor  wouid  it  fare  much  better  with  our 
Jh6p-keep(ts  and  mrchants,  wliofe  families  are  iupported  bv  tnc 
profits  arifiiig  from  their  refpeftive  occupations.  The  exp<.'nf:re 
bufinefs  of  all  our  ironnxiarh  mull  Itop  ;  and  the  many  tliru- 
fands  which  they  provide  for,  mull,  unprincipled  as  thole 
wretches  commonly  are,  be  lee  loofe  upon  the  country,  to  get 
their  living  as  they  can. 

Now  all  the.'c  clalTes  of  people,  and  many  others  which  I 
have  not  enumerated,  mall  have  a  fupport,  and  but  few  of  rheni 
will  be  able  to  fupport  themfclves  ;  and  if  their  poverty  is  not 
relieved  to  their  fatisfaaion,  thuy  will  foon  learn  to  carve  for 
themlelves.  There  are  hut  few  parifhea  and  counties  amonjr  u-, 
which  have  not  complained  of  the  burd^-n  of  their  own  poor. 
But  what  v.ill  they  fay,  when  the  burthen  comes  to  be  incrcafd 
an  hundred-fold,  as  it  necelTariiy  muft,  when  a  general  non- 
importation and  non-exportation  take  place  ;  aiivl  ull  their  won- 
ted refources  fail  them  at  the  fame  time.  The  want  of  the  mo- 
ney, of  which  we  have  been  lately  drained,  in  order  to  pamper 
the  Boibn  fanaticks,  will  then  be  feverelv  felt  :  Nor  can  wc  e-- 
pca  any  return  of  ailillance  in  our  diilrcfs  from  that  Province, 
as  their  fufferings  will  be  much  greater  than  ours. 

In  the  Province  of  the  Mafachu/etts-Ban  there  is  a  large  num- 
ber of  populous  fca-port  towns,  which  have  no  other  fupport 
than  their  fifhcry.  'Ihe  town  of  Qloucejler  has  three  hundrcvl 
khooners  employed  in  that  fervice,  with  a  proportionable  nun;- 
bcr  of  hands.  In  the  town  of  l.larkhhead  there  are  fuppofed  ta 
be  near  four  thoufand  men,  and  many  of  them  with  families 
that  know  of  no  other  means  of  fubuftcnce  than  the  cod  -tifhery 
1  might  mention  Plymcutb,  SaLm,  Beverly  and  a  number  of  other 
towns,  that  are  nearly  in  the  fame  fttuation.  Now,  when  all 
thde  hftiermen  are  t-  ned  afhore,  a..d  their  vefFel.  berome  uK-- 
kjs  ;  they  muft,  with  their  unprovided  families,  dH>erfc  theni- 
felves  amongll  the  inhabitants,  and  while  the  counirv  atibid* 
any  thing  to  eat,  they  will  not  llarve. 

But  to  retiarn  to  thefe  Colonies.     1  have  mentioned  the  di. 
itrel..  that  muft  immediately  overwhelm  many  orders  of  people 
on  a  general  ftagnation  ot  commerce  ;  but  havefid  n<.tlHngof 
ourl-armers,  or  thofc  that  live  by  the  aihivation  of  their  lands?— 
1  iicff  may  think  themfclves  a  lund  of /.;v.f,.'--./rcifunf,  and 

ima^ii.e 


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m 


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[  16  J 

imagine  thst  fuch  arevolurion  of  affairs  will  affeft  theiri  tat  lit- 
tle ;  yet  a  very  fhort  experience  will  open  their  eyes,  and  con- 
vince them  of  the  contrary.  It  h  their  farms,  as  all  other  ve- 
fources  will  fail,  that  muft  fupport  ali  the  above-mentioned  thou- 
fands  of  diftrelicd  people.  Who  muft  lurniai  them  vv.ih  food  .' 
None  can  do  it,  but,  the  Farmers.  Who  muft  lupply  theni 
with  cloalhin-r  ?  the  Farmers.  Who  muil  Ihelter  many  of 
them  in  their  houfes  ?  The  Farmers.  And  can  they  exoeft 
pay  for  all  this  ?  Ahis  !  thofc  poor- creatures  will  have  nothing 
to  make  payment  with.  And  if  rliey  arc  employed  as  labourers, 
they  are  all  unacnuainted  with  the  bufinsls  ;  and  tj-cir  labour 
will  turn  to  but  llt'tle  account.  Indeed,  were  the  markets  abroad 
open,  the  farmer  might  fomewhat  increale  the  quantity  of  his 
beef,  his  wheat  and  o:her  produce,  by  their  means,  fo  that  nu 


will  benodcmana  lor  nis  ucci,  .mu  ii><=  "•-„.  „ .  r— 

All  that  he  ralfes  muft  peridi  on  his  hands,  except  what  he  ex- 
pends  in  his- own  family,  and  on  the  poor  that  will  be  preffing 

upon  him.  ,  „  .         ,  •!:,.,„ 

V/hen  all  people  arc  thus  diftreffed  ;  when  every  mind  is  un- 
cafy  and  difconiented  ;  it  will  be  natural  for  them  to  :all  to  re- 
proaching one  another,  with  being  the  authors  of  this  general 
cViamitv  This  will  be  produaivc  of  eternal  quarrels  and  riots, 
and  difturbanccs,  and  adls  of  violence,  amongft  ourfelves ;  and 
then  our  miiery  will  be  compleat.  •  .  ,„j 

Yetaft.-r  all.  were  it  likely  that  thefe  political  agonies  and 
convulfions  would  produce  a  repeal  of  the  aft  in  dilpute,  it  wou  d 
UJO.C  aUeviation  W  our  misfortunes  to  conl:der  that  wc  fliou  d 
eaii.  by  them-what  :  Why  threepence  a  pound,  on  ^H  the  tea 
fve  (hould  have  occafion  to  purchalc.  But  my>r.Wobjeftion 
a<»ninft  u  general  non-importation  agreement  is,  that  it  will  not 

"'" aS; wh^t  h^ten  f.iid  and  done  by  the  Colonies,  a  general 
non-importatiun  agreement  will  be  confide.ed  by  ^':^'"- ^^^''^"^ 
a°an  /ft  of  hoftiiuy,  intended  to  ««/•./ her  to  .ehnqu.lh  her 

cl.dm  ;  and  il.c  will  not  (ubmit  to  be  ccmqucrcd  ^y  J^fj'l^^';''^^ 
any  more  thr.n  by  force  of  arms.  It  is  not  pretended  tl.t  Ihc 
f  "altrether  invulnerable  in  this  part.  The  blow  wnufd  re.ch 
er,Td  be  felt  by  her ;  but  the  wound  would  not  be  mor  al 
t£  <lren"th  and  vigour  of  hex  conllitution  would  bear  much 
mo,e  Z^ ^c  are  .tbk  to  inftia.  Eut-the  Ihaft.  ungracionily 
"Ld  at  "he  vitals  of  vur  Mot^T,  cu  th.  lebooT.d  m;,;'  prove 
">  fatal  10  curfyives.  /.  a 


*-^ 


» 
* 


(Teft  theiri  tut  Ht- 
eir  eyes,  and  con- 
,  as  all  other  re- 
:-meiitioned  thou- 
them  w'.ih  food  ? 

muft  uipply  them 
t  flielter  nany  of 
d  can  they  cxpeft 
will  have  nothing 
oyed  as  labourers, 

and  ti.cir  labour 
he  markets  abroad 
le  quantity  of  his 
means,  fo  that  hij 
eiG;n  confumption, 
y  ceafe  ;  and  there 
and  other  produce, 
except  what  he  ex- 
lat  will  be  preffing 

1  every  mind  is  un- 
them'to  fall  t«  re- 
lors  of  this  general 
quarrels,  and  riots, 
igft  ourfelves ;  and 

litical  agonies  and 
in  difpute,  it  would 
ider,  that  wc  fliould 
juH^,  on  all  the  tea 
my  Je  con  d  objedlion 
t  is,  that  it  will  not 

Colonics,  a  general 
ed  by  Great  Britnirs 
!v  to  lelinquilh  her 
cd  hy  Ju(h  weapons, 
pretended  thiit  fhc 
\ii  blow  wnufd  reach 
•ould  not  be  mortal, 
jn  would  bear  much 
5  ihaft,  ungracionlly 
leboiird  nu,;'  prove 


r  »/•  i 

^  A  total  ftno;nation  of  commerce  would  affeft  Great  Britain. 
Ill  mucii  thft  r:un»  manner,  th;u  it  would  afFeft  her  colonies  or 
any  other  commercial  people  ;  that  is,  it  would  rob  her  ofher 
fubfiftance.  But  a  prittial  llagnation  could  not  a/Feft  ker  in  the 
fame  manner  ih;it  a  tot;il  ftagnation  would  affe.'t  us  :  Now  the 
non-importation  in  qiicilian,  while  it  would  caufe  a  total  flag- 
nation  of  our  commerce,  would  produce  no  more  than  a  partial 
ftagnation  of  hers  ;  and  confequently  would  not  plnce  her  in  a 
fituation  fo  dirtrefling.  as  it  would  place  us.  Her  trade  is  not 
roi'.fiued  to  her  American  Colonies,  She  has  /Ijips  and  fadories 
in  every  quarter  of  the  globe  ;  and  the  treafures  of  the  Eaft  and 
VVrft  are  perp.Jt.nlly  flowing  in  upon  her.  She  receives  no  ne- 
teffary  or  ufeful  articles  from  tliefe  colonies,  but  what  fhe  for- 
merly received,  and  may  ut  any  ti»ne  be  fupplied  with,  from 
f 'reign  nations.  Her  mauufadures  that  .are  confumed  in  the  Co- 
lonies, (he  car  Ihortly  find  ways  to  difpofe  of  at  other  markets. 
There  h  one  branch  of  this  hopeful  projedt,  that  will  conl 
ff'i>ute  iinm*<liately  and  diredlv  to  the  advantage  of  Great- 
Bnt.-iin,  alm.nl-  in  the  fame  proportion  that  it  will  diftrefs  our 
*'-ive?.  The  Reader  fcarccly  needs  to  be  told,  that  what  is  here 
meant,  is  the  ftopping  all  ir.tercourfc  and  communication  be- 
tween the  Colonies  and  the  U'cft-India.  As  foon  as  this  takes 
place,  the  markets  of  Great  Britain  will  be  fupplied,  not  only 
with  the  quantity  of  goodi  from  the  U'efi-hdits  which  they  have 
formerly  received,  but  with  the  addition  of  all  that  is  now  con 
fumed  in  the  American  Colonies.  The  BritilTi  merchants  will 
Jskewile  h.aye  the  advantage  of  fupplying  the  Iflands  with  many 

''"^r''„T  I't  ^\  P"'^'"''"^ '"''''  ""'  ^^''^^^  ^"  >*"/  of  'l»"r  invoice/. 
1  he  W,  ett-Indians  'hemfelves  indeed  may  be  fomewhat  inju- 
red and  difconccrted  at  firft,  by  the  execution  of  this  part  of  th- 
p!an  ;  but  far  lefs,  than  feems  to  be  generally  expeftsd  andial 
tended  by  u.  The  Itland  of  Jamaicn  can  fupply  her  Planter* 
with  all  kinds  of  provifions,  but  butter  and  flour  ;  and  with  all 
the  lumber  that  may  be  required,  for  a  hundred  years  to  come 
oxct'pting  ftavcs  and  heading  for  their  Rm  Puncheons.  Theft 
ihe  has  often  received  horn.  Hamburgh,  from  whence  ftie  mi?ht 
receive  tucm  again.  But  there  will  be  no  occafion  for  fendina 
fofir.  CWa  and  Ncva-Scotia  can  fupply  her,  and  all  il5 
other  iflnnds  with  thefc  articles,  as  well  as  with  flour,  in  anr 
quantity  that  may  be  ordered;  to  fay  nothing  ofGeorgiauk 
the  two  F.oridas,  which  abound  in  common  lumber,  at  die  fcr- 
vice  of  the  Windward,  Lti^ard,  and  Cariii,u  Iflands.  So  that 
alter  the  h^  year,  new  channels  may  be  op«nca,  pknj  forme^ 

c  «n(r 


,;j^     ..'         — ^        - 


'  «^i,n-..t  r.'ttlfd  in  furh  a  manner,   that  the  J^V?- 
and  correspond  n.«ftid,n  l>^.^^  without  our  affift.nce.    .,s 

/„,-/:..  may  be  near  y  ^^  Yi..  h  lome  articles,  perhaps  better. 
'"llunUoiin  coX :;    ;  yet  what  n.oufd  we  gain  by  this 

•  ?,%.„,;n  '  Whv  the  ill-will  and  lelentinent  of  all  ths 
m'HnSr  Folfcme  yLs  paft.  they  have  culnvated  a  p=- 
Wrt.  Indians^     r  ,/j^i,. American  Colonic.,  and  pro- 

'"^;'I  f'  tSfmK  iT-uch  happinefs  from  a  clofer  alUance. 
^tt  y  h'vf  ^  U  Scr  ^  children    in  large  numbers   ^r 
inej  navu  •  .f.j^pni  have  brought  over  then  ta- 

:ff;d%Xp.Ty  b-^l'-S  off  aM  fa,..,c,  con„«.on  wuh  u» 

very  unequal  watwtc  .«'"'  ,  j„„„].,.     The  waut  of 

fooner  compel  u;  to  y.cW,  thM  h«'  "  "^P'>,  „,„  „„,  „,!„» 
ke,  No«h.An,e„ea,,  trade  -;^^»5  4;'£ ';;„„„  feeling,, 
her  to  e«,em.  >■  ;  '»^'  ^^  J  >  iiu'indoee  he. ,  wkere  (Ire  be- 
re^SetwIgrofh^M..  Ind  where  he,  ho„o„,  i.  deep,, 

^/f-:/t'SaJiihtfrdf:s.t^ 

S:y1fthTa«rL^he„^^^ 

Sculty  in  repealing  It.     Atteiw.ira.  v,i  a„d  aer-ed  not  to 

!^'  tih'e  S  f,rS°  B  i  S'dti-e3f  o.f  ™w.  wer. 
import  the  ieyeral  artici.s  lu  of  friends  in 

.oi^raratively  moderate,  •-;f^5'=^;f/,^^^^;5  ^ofi^n  nov.- only 
England  to  iupport  us.  A"f.  ^"^  ^'/i^  ',i,arged  with  the 
notSo  import  or  to  conlume  tHe  «a  that  ^  J^  g_^^  ^.^^^^^ 
duty  ;  the  "fe  wou Id  be  tlie  fa  ne  tn^t  itj.^s^  ^^^^  ^^^,^ 

have  the  fame  friends  ti.at  wc  t  len  ^  ^      j^  (-^  ^^^■^. 

probably  be  -";--l,' ;"  ^';  j^i!  fr;.  7^d  diilraded-our 
then  xverc.  But  ^;,;  -^^"^^^.'^^"d'.^Vo  u^ireafonable  and  unwai- 
tumuUs  and  ^'<^^^'l'  ^^t%  ;T7pi,"t  of  rebellion  has  broke  forth 


that  thf  If'ejU 
jr  a(nft;ince,    .i5 
rhaps  better. 
we  gain  by  this 
nient  of  ;ill  th~. 
Lultivaled  a  p;- 
lonicb,  and  pio- 
er  alliance, 
ge  numbers,  for 
ht  over  their  fa- 
rftates  among  us. 
contrive  khemes 
IS  they  are  gene- 
to  refent  fuch  ill 
lies  from  amona; 
innexlon  with  us 

e  concluded,  that 
ftiall  carry  on  a 
which  will  much 
y.  The  want  of 
it  will  not  reduce 
my  own  feelings, 
ler,  where  flic  be- 
honour  is  deeply 

,  the  cafe  was  ma- 
mmary to  all  our 
offered  againll  the 
t  there  was  no  dif- 
:  exclaimed  againll 

and  agreed  not  to 
s  ;  our  views  were 
;  body  of  friends  in 
opofitlon  now  only 
i  charged  with  the 
as  then— we  Hiould 
.nd  the  duty  would 
)le  that  thofe  duties 
and  dirtrafted— our 
ionable  and  unwar- 
11  ion  has  broke  forth 
igainft  x}rc  fuprcmacy 

Colonies,  that  we 
have 


I       19       1 

have  hardly  a  finale  friend  remaining  in  Eiiglntd.   Even  tlie  Ma 
nufafturers  join  with  all  other  orders  uf  people,  in  condemning 
our  extravagance  ;  and,  which  is  IHll  more,  the  Writers  anu 
Speakers  againf^  the  King's  minillry  allow  that  it  is  inexcaf;:b!e. 

It  appears,  therefore,  that  nothing  will  be  likely  to  procure 
t  repeal  of  the  'Tca-aii,  or  the  renioval  of  any  other  grievance  of 
the  like  kind,  but,  the  rcftoration  of  peace  and  ordrr  amonglv 
ourl'elves — a  candid  acknowledgment  of  our  political  cirors  and 
offences — a  formnl  allowance  of  the  rightful  Supremacy  in  gene- 
va!, of  Qreat-Br.iain,  over  the  American  Colonies— ^a  declara- 
tion cf  our  averfion  to  a  Hate  of  independency  with  a  ccrrefpond- 
ina  beha"jiour~a.  rcfpeftful  remonftrance  on  the  fubjei^  of  tax.i- 
tion — an  affurance  of  our  willin^^r.cfs  to  contribute,  in  fome 
equitable  proportion,  tmvards  defraying  the  public  expences — 
ami  the  propofal  of  a  r^'aibnablc  plan  for  a  general  American 
ronllitution.  Thir,  it  is  humbly  concei\ed,  was  to  have  been 
the  bufjiiefs  of  the  Congrrf: ;  and  if  they  had  aded  upon  theii? 
principles,  and  with  fuch  views,  not  only  the  prefeut,  but  all 
future  generations,  would  call  ihem  bUffal, 

Notwithftanding  all  unfavorable  fymptoms  and  appearances, 
I  would  not  prefumc  to  form  a  final  judgment  of  the  Congrcfs, 
till  their  whole  plan  of  proceedings  (hall  be  known.  It  is  pol- 
I'.Sle,  that  all  that  has  been  wrong  may  be  rtfUfied  in  the  end  ; 
and  that  moderate  and  wife  mcafure?,  tending  to  reflorc  the  tran- 
quility,  the  happinef*,  the  honour  »nd  fafety  of  the  Colonics^ 
may  at  lall  be  concerted.  Should  this  appear,  in  the  gencal  re- 
fult  of  their  councils,  the  members  will  i*e  entitled  to  the  grate- 
ful reipedt  of  every  American,  and  the  mi'.^akes  made  in  the 
former  part  of  their  proceedings  ougl't  never  to  be  mentioned 
to  their  difadvantage.  But,  on  the  other  hand,  fliould  it  appear, 
that  they  mean  to  encouraga  a&  of  hoftiliiy  againft  Great- 
Britain,  or  to  fupport  the  niadmin  of  Ndv- England  in  thtif 
fcheme  of  an  liidepeudant  Refuhhc  :  in  that  cafe,  I  affirm,  that 
the  Original  Contrail  hctweca  them  and  the  m.r^  rejfefiable  patt 
of  their  conftitiients  will  be  rtV^/i/^/— that  we  ihtill  bt  at  full  li* 
berty  to  confult  our  own  fafet^,  in  the  n\anner  we  (hall  think 
moii  conducive  to  that  end — and  that  we  fliall  owe  them  no 
greater  refpeft  and  obedience,  than  they  themfelves  pay  to  th* 
Britilh  Parliament. 

The  foregoing  confiderations  are  addrclTed— not  te  thofe  <>b" 
ftinate,  hot-he.wd  Zealots,  who  are  at  the  bottom  of  all  out 
confufions  ;  for  arguments  would  be  as  much  walled  upon  thtnSj 
as  upon  men  that  are  intoxicated  with  liqu«r~but  to-«//rM- 
Jcfiai'U  Jmerirant,  to  thofe  who  are  ftiU  iA"  thfe  *>c*rcife  of  their 

C  2  on*ierftindir.gs 


t   ^^   ] 

und^rftandlngs,  and  whofe  minds  are  open  to  conviction.  Pro- 
pie  of  ihi.  chamber,  it  is  prcfumed.  w.U  fee  the  neceffity  of  y^- 
rix^v.  up  the  prefcrt  fyftem  of  American  politics,  as  eflentially 
xvrong  and  dtftruaive  ;  and  of  entering  unanimoufly  upon  mo- 
dn-J  and  conciliating  racafurcs,  as  they  rci;ard  the  icftoratioii 
of  peace  and  tja.^qu-Uty  in  this,  heretofore,  happy  countrj. 

The  vjreat  object  in  view,  Ihouid  be  a  general  Jmer:crtn  Ccn- 
jl,ru::,n:on  a  free  and  generour,  Pian,  worthy  of  Great-Bnunn 
TO  <  ive,  and  of  the  coUics  to  receive.      1  his  is  now  becomt: 
neceffary  to  the  mutual  intcreft  and  htnour,  both  of  the  Pa.en 
Kingdom  and  its  American  uftspring.     buch  an  eftabnihuHMU 
is  only  to  b<.  obtained  by  decent,  candid  and  rclpedlful  applica- 
tion  ;  and  not  by  conipulfion  or  thrcatning.     To  think  of  iuc- 
ceedingby  force  of  arms,  or  by  ilarving  the  nation  ^fojicom^ 
■  pliancc.  is  a  proof  of  (hamerul  ignorance,  pr.de  and  ftupidity 
^11  fuch  projeas  muft  operate  ten  times  more  forcibly  againlt 
^.urfelves,  than  againll  Gre.^f-Britain.     They  are.  at  be  I,  but 
rt»^y  .U7>.  and  Pow'J Jodijh  ;  and  therefore  inconfiften.  with 
evcrV  maxm  of  found  wiidom  and  genuine  Pairiot.fm. 

All  violent  oppc-fition  to    lawful   auihonty   partakes  of  tlie 
nature  of  rebellion  ;  and  a  rebellion  of  the  Colonies,  whether 
it    fliouid    k»ovc   fuccefsful  or   anfuccefslul,  would   nccdiarily 
t.rniinaic  in  ruin  and  dellruftion.     We   »'/  "^^  »"  '^^  ";- 
moil  danger  of  heiiig  hurried,  before  we  are  fenfibie  of  u.  u,  o 
this  delpSate  and  drcadJul  ftate,  when  moit  of  us  th.nk  that  ue 
have  grievances  to  c.  mplain  of,  in  co:  fequencc  ol  the  exercde 
of  unconlUtutumal  power  ;  and  when  many  are  praa,c:ng  every 
v/icked  ti  I  to  f.'duce  us  from  our  allegiance.    It  therefore  highly 
ronccrns  u.  to  be  upon  our  guard,  at  fuch  a  critical  feaion  as 
this       Af-nulldcgvceoficflf^aion  would  convince  us,  that  the 
•rievan-es  hi  quoilion,  fi.ppoling  'liein  to  be  real.  a^e.  at  moft, 
io  jnorc  tbar>  a  jail  ground  fur  a  decent  remonllrance,  but  not  a 
fufRcient  reafon  for  ft^rcible  reliftance.     Thrie  iwo  things  are 
widely  end  eflentiaily  difft^rent ;  anU  if  we  millake  one  for  the 
Kthfr.  the  confequence  miy  be  fatal. 

It  has  been  fu'lv  iTiewn,  ihat  a  rebellion  of  the  colonies  can 
jiive  no  realon^Vhle  profpcct  of  fucceeding  ;  and  that  it  tnuft 
«fovc  the  dettxucuon  of  all  that  are  concerned  ,n  it.  But  lup- 
rofinz  that  it  were  likely  to  fuccced,  it  is  of  ihc  utmoft  impor- 
tt»ce  to  c<>nftdec  what  we  Ihouid  gain  by;  it  ;  which  would  be. 
»fter  the  d«>foktion  of  our  country,  and  the  facrifice  of  thou- 
hwii  Pf  livesi.an  exemption  from  the  authority  of  the  Bntim 
Parliiancnt,  aiiul  fiibjcftion  to  the  authority  of  an  American  re- 
^jll^      A  bk«4  e^l^ange  shis  1  efpcciall/  if  we  tai^^  »"'<> 


.u: 


r.'l.'i 


V'^ 


ivlction.     P<"(> 
necefiity  of  <',i- 
;s,  as  eflentially 
oiifly  upon  mo- 
tile icftoratioii 
py  couiitr}'. 
1  American  Ccn- 
)f  Great-lirilain 
■  is  now  becoini; 
ch  of  Lhc  PaieiU 
m  tftabiiihaiciu 
fpedful  applica- 
fo  think  of  fuc- 
ion  into  a  com- 
e  and  ftupidity, 
forcibly  againll 
are,  at  bell,  but 
inconfiftcni  with 
riotifm. 

partakes  of  tlie 
jlonies,  whether 
lould    ncceii'arily 
now  in  the  ut- 
nfibie  of  It,  into 
us  think  that  we 
c  of  the  cxercife 
!•  praaicing  every 
:  therefore  highly 
critical  feafon  as 
vince  us,  that  the 
real,  a-^e,  at  moft, 
illrance,  but  not  a 
i'e  two  things  arc 
llake  one  for  the 

f  the  colonies  can 
and  that  it  muft 
1  jn  it.  But  fup- 
Lhe  utmoll  impor. 
which  would  W, 
:  facrifice  of  thou- 
>rity  of  the  Britifli 
f  an  American  re- 
f  if  vye  takf  into 


[       21       ] 

the  account  the  chara.'Vr  of  our  futun"  maAi-rs.  J'hc  principal 
conductors  of  the  ri'lu-llion,  would  n-:ar>.l'y  iiave  the  principal" 
authority  in  Uw  r-public  j  and  thefe  are  men,  wiiOie  tyrannical 
ijfarpation  would  bv  more*  oppieihve,  than  tlie  fcorpion  powR/ 
of  the  moll  dcfpotic  Prince  in  Iiurnp<^  T'iitie  v.ouId  b-j  no 
peace  in  the  crlonie'!,  till  we  all  iulimiu;\-l  to  tlie  republican 
veaiots  and  lii^ots  of  Nciv-lingland  ;  whole  tendfr  racjcii"^, 
when  they  had  power  in  their  haiuis,  have  been  ever  cruel, 
towards  all  that  prefumed  ro  dilferfrom  them  in  inattcis  either 
tf  religion  or  government. 

As  foon  therej'ore,  as  people  of  this  (lamp  coniR  to  He  5n  pof- 
fcflioiiof  an  eltablilhcd  auihorlty,  which  would  be  thecaie  ihould 
the  rebellion  fuccecd,  thft  dire  e}F>  els  of  their  ptriecutiiig,  and 
intolerant  fpirit  will  be  difipally  fflt  by  all  that  ihall  have  cou- 
rage to  tiij/itit  i  particularly,  the  incmb:;rs  of  the  Church  of 
Kngland,  the  FrjenJs  or  people  called  Qnaker.^,  the  Biiptittj, 
thofe  that  belong  to  the  German  and  Dutch  Churclu's,  and  the 
moderate  and  candid  part  of  the  Prelbyterians  .heni/elvtj.  All 
xhefe  clafli;s  of  people  then,  by  promoting  the  prffent  fchenie 
lor  ?.n  independent  government,  arc  abfurdly  aiJling  aguir.ft 
ttieir  own  intcrcll  and  honour,  and  contributing  w  prepare  yokes 
for  their  own  necks. 

O  my  infatuated  Countrymen  ?  My  deladed  Fellow-Subjefl'-, 
and  Fello-.v-Chriftians  !  Open  your  eyes,  1  entreat  you  ;  awake 
from  your  dreams,  and  regard  your  own  fafety  ! 

As  to  you,  who  are  members  of  the  Church  of  En g! an  J  ;  it  ia 
amazing,  that  any  of  you  fhould  be  fo  blind  to  your  own  in- 
terefts,  and  fuch  apoftates  from  common  fenfe,  as  to  counte- 
nance aild  co-operate  with  a  plan  of  proceedings,  which,  if  it 
fuccecds,  will  at  once  diftreis  and  diigrace  you.  You  are  en- 
deavouring to  provide  arms  for  your  enemies,  and  to  put  power 
into  the  lupds  of  thofe  who  will  ufe  it  againft  you.  You  arc 
fetting  up  a  fort  of  people  for  your  mailers,  whofe  principles 
you  dcfpife,  and  who  were  always  fond  of  fubduing  by  the  iron 
rod  o\  oppreflion,  all  thofe,  whofe  principles  or  (entiments  were 
dii"nent  from  their  own.  Their  inveterate  enmity  to  the  Church 
of  Kngland,  has  polluted  the  annals  of  the  iJritilh  hiftory.  Their 
intolerance  in  E'igland,  towards  the  members  of  the  Church, 
when  the  fovereign  power  was  ufurped  by  them,  is  recorded  i«  ^ 
charafters  of  blood  :  and  the  fame  fpirit  was  dreadfully  trium- 
phant in  Nt\»- England,  from  the  fiift  fettiemcnt  of  the  coun- 
try, till  the  mild  difp^ition  of  Parliameiuary  power  interpofed 
to  reftrain  it.  In  1629,  they  baniihed  and  traiifported  even 
fame  of  the  original  patentees  of  AViwI'vu. '««./,  vviio  were  men 


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IK 


i*!'i 


-»;i 


of  abilitips  and  of  a  rcfp'^'ilablc  charaflfr,  nerely  htcaufe  thfy 
difcovercd  tlienj  tn  be  Churchineii,  declaring  to  them  .is  tlicy 
fent  them  eti',  that  Tv  ew-Knoland  rvas  no  Place  for  svih 
AS  THEY  i|.  Their  tielcendents,  who  iuiierit  their  principle?, 
are  the  very  perfons  that  will  govern  you,  if  the  •jr.-ijeftrd  re- 
volution fhould  take  pl.ice.  As  tli-y  hj\e  now  broke  Icofefiom 
the  authority  of  PaiTaineiit,  which  for  fume  time  pail  rcftraiiud 
rhem  from  mifchief,  they  begin  to  appear  in  their  nata.nl  ci- 
lours.  They  have  ;iir^ady  leftiiTicd  the  old  work  of  p'Tlecutiiig 
the  (I'hnrch  of  Erij^lnd,  by  fvery  method  in  their  power.  '1  l.c 
members  of  it  are  daily  mifreprefented,  infulted  r.nd  Hlnifed  b/ 
them  ;  and  they  have  lately  driven  feveral  of  its  clergy  from 
their  piiiflies  and  laniilies,  which  a.'-e  left  in  a  ftatc  that  is  truly 
depl.irahle. 

The  pretence  intleed  is,  that  the  members  of  the  Chinch  in 
timij-EnglanJ  are  thus  roughly  treated,  on  account  of  their 
political,  and  not  oftlieir  r(!iginu<  principles.  Rut,  Good  (lod  ! 
i.-  there  to  be  nu  libeity  of  the  pielV,  no  liberty  o'  fpeakinp,  no 
liberty  even  of  tliinkiiij;,  on  political  fubjcils,  where  thole  re- 
publicans h.ive  the  afcen  l':nt  '  'I'his  is  dclpoiifni  with  n  ven- 
gei'.nce  ;  and  fuch  as  \vc  mult  be  a'l  fools  if  we  Noluntaiily 
fubmit  to.  Nor  will  the  cafe  be  at  al!  better,  with  rfgaid  t(i 
religion.  For  it  is  a  truth,  v/hieh  the  hillory  of  all  ages  con- 
firms, that  ihofe  who  will  diftrefs  men  on  account  of  their /imV- 
iical  principles,  will  not  fciuple  to  perfecute  them  for  the  lake 
of  their  rfUgiom  principles,  when  thf.y  have  it  in  ihcir  po.ver. 

You  then,  who  arc  members  of  tlie  Church  of  England,  mull 
renounce  vour  principles  rel.iting  both  to  religion  .uid  govern- 
ment, or  )oii  can  cxp.-tt  no  iiuarter  ui.der  the  admi'.ulhatiou  of 
fuch  intemperate  zealots.  You  muft  ccafe  to  be  Chui'-hmeii, 
or  become  vid'tiin.'.  of  their  iiitolermice.  Indeed  it  mull  be  con- 
fcfled,  and  I  am  forry  to  fay,  that  many  of  yoa  appear  already 
to  have  renounced  one  half  of  your  p'lnciplcs  ;  or  you  could 
not  proceed,  as  you  do,  in  direft  cprofition  to  the  eftablilhej 
ru!e.s  and  dcflrints  of  the  Church.  The  principles  of  iuhmif- 
fion  and  oocdieucc  to  lawful  authority,  are  as  inlepar^ible  from 
m found,  genuine  nnnLr  of  the  Church  of  England,  as  any  reli- 
gious' principles  whatever.  This  Church  has  alway*  been  famed 
and  rcfpec"ed  for  its  io<:alr\,  and  it'  rcg-^rd  to  order  and  govern- 
ment. It!  annals  have  been  never  Ifaiiicd  with  the  hiftory  of 
plots  and  confjMriicics,  ticai'uns  ,'ird  rebtllionb.     lis  tiuiubers 


V 


H  Thii  appeirt    from   a  raljiMr  Imolc  wrltfn  fcy  a  co-temporary  aMtlior 
^r.  Mo«roN,  iiiii  entit'.iii.  A<i*-Cwj,'j'i  i  .IfuM-ui'. 


[     ^3     1 


rely  hccaufe  they 
to  them  as  they 

-ACE   FOR  s  v  I-  H 

their  principle?, 
tlie  nr.'ijeftrd  re- 
brckc  K:ofe  from 
lie  pail  rcftraiiK  J 
their  nata.nl  I'l- 
rk  of  p''rlecuting 
leir  powtT.  '1  he 
d  and  aliufed  by 
'  its  clergy  from 
ftate  that  is  truly 

yf  the  Church  in 
i^cGunt  of  their 
Rut,  Good  (lod  ! 
,'  Oi  fpeiikin};,  no 
<,  where  thole  re- 
nirni  with  n  ven- 
f  we  \olun;;iiiIy 
r,  witii  frg.iid  t'.i 
of  all  ages  con- 
lunt  f)f  their /()//- 
hem  for  tlic  fake 
in  ih.'ir  poiver. 
ofEnjrland,  mull 
^ioii  ajid  gnvern- 
adrni'.)ilhaticri  of 

0  be  Chufhiiieii, 
d  it  mull  be  con- 
L.U  appear  already 
e$  ;  or  you  rould 
to  the  eftahlilhed 

ntiples  of  iiihmil- 

1  itil'eparable  troiu 
land,  as  any  reli- 
iKvay>  been  famed 
:>rder  and  j;overn- 
ith  the  hiftory  of 
lib,     lis  UKiuber& 

I  co-trmporary  amlior 


are  ir.ftrufleJ  In  their  duty  to  government,  by  Three  Ilomilict 
on  Uii\2if;ne,  and  fix  aj^aiuft  Ri-lellion,  wliich  are  fo  many  ll.ind- 
ing  lefFons  to  iecure  their  fidelity.  They  are  alfo  taught  to  prav 
in  the  Litanv,  that  the  almighty  would  preferve  them  "  from  all 
ft'dition,  privy  confpiracy  and  rebellion."  And  more  than  one 
lolemn  ofHce  is  provided,  for  the  annual  commemoration  of  for- 
mer  deUvcrar.res  from  the  power  of  thole,  wliether  Papifts  or 
Proteilants,  "  who  turn  relit;ion  into  rebellion,  and  laith  into 
fadion,"  Rut  if  you  vej^ard  none  of  ihefe  things,  you  are  un- 
toward, unduciful,  and  degenerate  fons  of  the  Church  ;  and  Ihc 
will  be  alhamed  to  own  you  for  Iter  children. 

However,  even  thcfe  of  you  who  are  but  half-principled  in 
the  doftrines  of  the  Church,  will  be  looked  upon  with  an  evil 
eye,  under  the  intended  republic  ;  and  they  mull  give  up  the 
other  moiety  of  their  principles,  before  they  can  befecure  ag.^inft 
harm  or  molellation.  The  Church  of  Jingland  has  always  been 
the  great  obilacle  in  the  way  pif  thoii  republican  fanaticks ;  and 
U'hcn  otiCe  thry  are  ellabliihed,  no  appearance  of  a  Churchman 
will  efcape  their  refentment,  or  be  tolerated  among  them. 

Koi   will  it  fare  better  with  the  friinds,  or  people  called 
Quaker!  ;  hoivevcr  peaceable  in  their  difpoiition,  or  however  ute- 
ful  members  of  fociety.     What  tliey  formerly  fufFercd  in  Nc<w- 
£»/j-/«W  under  the  fame  fort  of  men  that  mull  and  will  govern 
this  country,  if  it  Ihould  be   withdrawn  from  ih'- juiildiilion 
<rf  the  Britilh  paiiiameiu,  is   too  weli  kncwn,  ar.d  can  never  b« 
forgotten.     You,  my  relpeiled  friends,    have  experienced   the 
genuine  fpirit  and  temper  of  their  authority  ;  and  you  can  never 
Willi  to  hive  your  necks  again  incumbered  with   that  Prejlyte- 
rian  yoke  of  bondage,  which  neither  y(iu  nor  your  faiheu  were 
able  to  boar.     Uu  the  other  hand,  you   have  the  fenfe  to  fee, 
a.id  the  gratitude  to  confeA,  that  you  have  been  happy  under 
the  relief  and    i/ioteiHon    aUbrded   \ou   by  the  iiing  and   Par- 
liament, in  common  with  other  good  fubjects,    You  v/dl  there- 
foie  remc.ritci-  (to  ufe  your  own  e.^prelhxe  laiiiMiagf)   "  that,  a$ 
under  divine    I'rovidcnce,    you  ,".re   ir.drbted  to  the  Kirig  and 
his  royai  ancellor^,  for  the  continued   favour  of  enjoying  your 
redg'oiis  libert'et,  you  are  under  deep  (  blig-tiunj  (on  ihts  oc- 
caliim)    to  manifeil   your  loyalty  aiiii   ndciity  ;  and  to  diicou. 
ra^e  every  nttin'.|>t  which  may  be  made  by  aii^,  to  CMiite  dif- 
iifi^'ciior.,  or  dilrefpect  to  him." 

Tne  Baftijis  have  never  had  fair  quarter  allowed  them  by 
the  demagogues  of  Ntiu  Envland  \  ;nd  they  a.-c  pftpt'.L.dly 
Com.)lainiiig.  fronf  year  to  year,  u'  i!.e  attj  ol  opprelHon  end 
\io;ciicc  witli  which  they  are  harrailijd  by  lhs:n.     Now  if  the 

pe'.'i;l« 


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* 

people  of  Vfiv-E.tghriii  have  l>een  thus  inrclersnt,  towards 
thoie  that  diHcred  Trem  them  only  with  regard  to  the  cafe-  of 
baprifm,  while  they  pofftlltd  an  authority  that  was  fubordi- 
Diue  to  the  Britiih  Parlism!!nt  ;  what  cruelty,  towards  all  that 
dKrciu  from  thein,  may  be  expected,  fliould  they  be  armed  with 
abfolate  and  incontrolabje  power  .' 

As  to  tlie  Grrmans  and  Dutch,  to  whofe  induftry  nnd  good 
behaviour  tlic  (Jolonies  arc  greatly  indebted  ;  if  they  fhouid  be- 
come fnbject  to  the  juii'i'diction  abovementioned,  they  will  be 
confid'^rea  as  perfon';,  not  only  of  a  dilFereiit  religion,  but  of 
d  rtl-renl  nations  aiid  languages,  from  wjiom  they  have  fuch  an 
aveilion,  that  they  have  n^ver  admitted  them  to  fettle  in  AW- 
England  \  and  confcqucntly  all  the  Colonifts  who  arc  of  a/o- 
rdgn  growth  or  extraction,  muft  expect  to  meet  with  a  double 
po'tion  of  rancour  and  feverity  font  their  new  mailers. 

Nor  can  the  inodfrate  part  of  the  Prcfsyttrians,  and  Crn^n'oa- 
tionalijls  thcmielves,  have  any  profpect  tif  contjr.iniig  free  from 
moleltation  under  their  j;overninent.  Nothing  can  be  more 
odious  to  bigc'ts,  than  generofity  and  candour  ;  or  more  intole- 
rable in  the  opinion  of  the  furious,  than  moderation  and  meek- 
ntis.  This  alfertion  mij;hi  be  fupported  by  the  hiftory  of  all 
ages  and  nations  ;  but  we  need  not  go  far  for  a  confirmation  of 
ii.  For  among  tKc  Prrlbyterians  and  Independents  in  the  Co- 
Ionics,  when  the  meek  and  the  moderate,  the  candid  and  gene- 
rous have  been  brought  befoic  the  tribunal*  of  the  bigotted  and 
furious,  as  has  frequently  hapjiened  :  they  have  been  treated 
with  as  much  unrelenting  ratKour  and  roughnefs,  as  if  they  had 
been  iVIahometans  and  Heati-.ons.  So  that  there  is  no  chance  or 
prob.ibilit)j>  if  the  b.ttcr  Ihould  cotne  to  the  poiTefTion  of  defpotic 
povMr,  which  is  the  aim  of  the  revolution  they  propofe  ;  that 
their  diipenfations  towarda  the  former,  would  be  leis  cruel  than 
they  commonly  have  be«?h. 

In  a  word  :  ko  ci-Jcr  or  denomination  of  men  amongft  us 
would  enjoy  liberty  or  lafcty,  if  fubjected  to  the  fiery  genius  of 
a  New-England  Republican  Government  ;  the  little  finger  of 
whiv.h  we  ihould  Uvn  experience  to  be  heavier  than  thelo-ns 
uf  HaxUament.  This  has  <ometimes  chailifed  us  with  <\xhp', 
when  we  deferveJ  punifhnient  ;  but  that  would  torment  us  with 
Jibrpitntf  wh'.'tl.!,*i  we  dcieivedit  or  not. 


N    r    s. 


'li 


'V  r''nfcr      ili  "■'n  alutitimfmmiim^ 


Ifrant,  towardi 
1  to  the  caff  of 
at  was  fubordi- 
lowaids  all  that 
f  be  armed  with 

luftry  and  good 
•  they  fhouid  be- 
ed,  they  will  be 
religion,  but  of 
cy  have  fuch  an 
3  fettle  in  Neiv- 
vho  arc  of  a/o- 
t  with  a  double 
nailers. 

t,  and  Crnrr/'ra- 
inui'ig  free  from 
g  can   be  more 

or  more  intolc- 
atiun  and  meek- 
ic  hiftory  vf  all 

confirmation  of 
dents  in  the  Co- 
undid  and  g^ne- 
I\c  liigotted  and 
»ve  been  treati-d 
h,  at  if  they  had 
e  is  no  chance  or 
jfTion  of  defpotic 
y  propofc  ;  that 
be  Ids  cruel  than 


mm  amongft  us 
\e  fiery  genius  of 
c  liirlc  finger  of 
;r  than  the  loins 
us  with  'u/j'pr, 
torment  us  wiih 


^mwmi^^^^mmmmmmm: 


,!,!'*■:--:  Ji  '.WW;  ■Jjtfi'Jtg'^'  "V  I'lj'y'A'. 


